Anton Corbijn described the video as a retrospective of the work he had done with Depeche Mode. He said he made it that way because he wasn't sure if he was going to do another Depeche Mode video after it. He later elaborated stating, that this video was made during the rise of band troubles so it was uncertain whether the band would still exist for another video to be made.

This is the last Depeche Mode single with Alan Wilder as a band member, and the last music video he appears in